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Noblella ritarasquinae
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Noblella ritarasquinae is a recently described craugastorid frog known only from the undisturbed montane rainforest of the Parque Nacional Carrasco in the Chapare Río San Mateo valley of Bolivia’s eastern Andean slopes, between 1000-2000 m asl.
Very little is known about this small terrestrial frog. The type, a female, is 14.1 mm (0.56 inches) in snout-vent length. It has smooth brown skin on its back with some orange mottling and two characteristic pale bands down its back, and with a red-brown to brown belly with white spots. It is also characterized by its two phalanges in its fourth finger, large toe tips, and having no visible tympanum. It lives in the leaf litter of the forest floor and it breeds by direct development. Its population size is so far unknown.
Noblella ritarasquinae is named for Rita Rasquin (Krefeld), for her contributions to conservation and taxonomy.
(Köhler 2000a, b)
- Köhler, J. 2000a. A new species of Phyllonastes Heyer from the Chapare region of Bolivia, with notes on Phyllonastes carrascoicola (Amphibia, Anura, Leptodactylidae). Spixiana, 23(1), 47-53.
- Köhler, J. 2000b. Amphibian diversity in Bolivia: a study with special reference to montane forest regions. Bonner Zoologische Monographien 48: 1–243.
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This species has been recorded from Chapare and Carrasco Provinces, in Cochabamba Department, on the slopes of the Bolivian Andes at 1,000-1,500m asl.
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Habitat and Ecology
Systems
- Terrestrial
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Population
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Major Threats
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Conservation Actions
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Phyllonastes ritarasquinae is a species of frog in the Leptodactylidae family endemic to Bolivia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.
References
- Cortez, C., Reichle, S., De la Riva, I. & Köhler, J. 2004. Phyllonastes ritarasquinae. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 22 July 2007.
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